Lilleys' Landing Fishing Report July 5Th

[johndarin]

 

 

 

(26 in Brown Caught by: Mike Skiles on a guided trip with Rick Lisek)

 

The weather here in Branson has been amazing.  The last week or so the temperature had not climbed above ninety degrees and it has been sunny.  The Power generators have been running for a few weeks with very little low water until the last couple of days.  The power generators have been off for the last couple morning and have came on around 2pm or 3pm.  This has allowed the wade fishermen to get out.

 

 

I went wade fishing on the 4th with my brother-in-law and a friend.   We fished just one area, Pointe Royale, for about 5 hours.  We all did very well.  This was Bill's first time fly fishing and he got casting down in about 10 min and went to catching fish.  He also had the big one of the day, a 17 inch rainbow.  We all were using a yellow or peach Miracle Fly on 6x fluorocarbon tippet under a Palsa.  This was the way to go all day.  We did catch 1 small brown that was about 13 inches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We fished on the island just below lookout and stayed there until about 2:30pm.  The fish were midging all day but we only caught 1 fish using midges. We also tried a couple of different scuds but the Miracle Fly still was the best.

 

Down below Fall Creek the fishing has been a little slower but still good.  Drifting air injected worm along the bottom has been the best lately.  The best areas have been from just below Fall Creek's dock down to Short Creek, and also around Monkey Island.  If you want to be in a less crowded area the bridges down by the landing are a great place too.

 

I did run down to just in front of the Branson Landing a couple of days ago and caught just a few fish on a Trout Magnet.  The best colors were Salmon Fix, Sassy, and Pink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Luck!

[Quillback]

Very nice, healthy, looking brown.

[flyman]

Good report and nice brown!